Author: Staff Writer

Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc. completed the acquisition of the Satellite Networks group from EMS Technologies Inc., the companies announced March 9. Advantech, based in Montreal, manufactures satellite and terrestrial...

Panamsat Holding Corp. recorded a profit of $72.7 million in 2005, rebounding from a loss of $79 million in 2004, the company announced March 9. The 2004 loss was impacted...

Arabsat 4A, left in a wrong orbit during a Feb. 28 launch anomaly, can still be delivered into a usable orbit, Anatoly Perminov, head of Russia’s Federal Space Agency, said....

The digital satellite set-top box market, the largest of the digital TV set-top box markets, reached 65 million units in 2005 and is projected to grow to 79 million units...

SES Astra has teamed up with conditional access (CA) vendor Nagravision, as SES Astra gets ready to launch digital TV services in Germany. Nagravision will provide an end-to-end, turnkey CA...

Raytheon Co. has achieved in-orbit acquisition and data transfer via the U.S. Milstar satellite constellation with the company’s Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical-Terminal, Advanced Extremely High Frequency, Raytheon announced. This...

Com Dev International Ltd. announced March 8 that it won contracts by Northrop Grumman to begin production of beam select subsystems and switch assemblies for use in the third Advanced...

Mobile Satellite Services provider Inmarsat plc posted revenues of $491.1 million in 2005, up from revenues of $480.7 in 2004, driven by growth in providing services to the maritime sector,...

Arianespace moved its Ariane 5 ECA to the launch pad in preparation for a scheduled March 9 launch of a pair of spacecraft, Arianespace announced. The mission with place Hisdesat’s...

Landmark Aviation signed an agreement to distribute Arinc‘s high-speed satellite broadband communications systems for business aircraft, Arinc announced March 8. Landmark, a provider of business aviation services, will sell and...